Hi all... I've run into a bit of a problem trying to install a rather mint condition MS Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 joystick (red trigger version, baby!) that I picked up especially to use with RoF and I'm going nuts trying to figure out a fix. I thought that perhaps some of the bright denizens that hang out here might be able to offer a solution.

When I plug in the USB connector, the hardware wizard gives the following error "cannot install this hardware; an error occured installing device; data error (cyclic redundancy check)". The Sidewinder does not show under 'game controllers' in the Control Panel. When I check the Device Manager, The Sidewinder FFB2 does show in the Device Manager tree as a 'Human Interface Device' but with a yellow exclamation point showing. When I double click on it to see the properties the device status states that the drivers for the device are not installed (code 28). When I click 'Reinstall Driver' it attempts to reinstall the driver and then gives me the "cannot install this hardware; an error occured installing device; data error (cyclic redundancy check)" error again.

Does the same bloody thing if I try installing the driver from the CD. I know the Sidewinder works, because I can use it just fine on my other computer. Both are using winXP 32, sp3. I've been trying to figure this out for the last three days... any insights would be appreciated, 'cause frankly, I'm stumped.

Help!

WvB

Okay, got it all sorted out finally!

Long story short... turns out that the Driver.cab file in my XP install was corrupt. I just copied over the good Driver.cab file from the Windows\Driver cache\i386 folder on my other winXP machine and - Taa Daa! - plug and play paradise with my new MS Sidewinder FFB 2 joystick! Yeah baby!!!

And now its time to try her out in RoF....




WvB